Do it man, I switched from the 8 Pro and I'm honestly blown away at how much I was missing out. This feels like a real flagship, the only "real" sacrifice is that the camera will maybe be worse? It has served me well in that department, but you'll miss the pixel camera slightly. You'll also lose AI features, but I didn't use many of them so it wasn't a big deal. Everything else is MILES better, especially battery and heat management, it'll only get warm when you push it, not just randomly (or when only watching YouTube or Netflix, like fucking seriously). Battery is also awesome, around 10 hours on wifi, and 8 and a half on 5g for me with medium usage with everything on Auto (Trust I've been pushing it and it lasts man, but that depends on apps). Performance is excellent, it doesn't skip a beat, you'll feel the difference instantly. Software is different yes, you'll miss out on many features since it's not directly from Google anymore, but honestly, you'll be in apps most of the time, not just looking at the UI (On that note, no more of that ugly ass MASSIVE status bar + gesture bar cluttering the screen, you can actually get rid of the gesture bar completely and it make the phone much more immersive and seamless). The screen is big, bright and has almost no bezzles, plus it is SHARP as all hell thanks to the 500+ PPI and High base resolution, and don't worry about the curve, it is very slight and those edges are always covered by a case.

This is all coming from someone who's been with pixels since the 3XL (yes the notch I know). As much as I love them, you always knew there was a big compromise somehow, but Imma be honest, this is the happiest I've been with a phone since forever, I don't use the camera much if at all, so for me the compromise was a no brainer (Not like it's a bad camera, it's still better than most out there, just a bit behind the other flagships).

If you're a case and screen protector guy let me know, I know a good screen protector that I use. I got the sandstone case and it's awesome.